1. The way to organize and understand what we read!
Literary Elements
The way to organize and understand what we read!

2. Author
Point of view
Mood
Tone
Style

3. Narrative or Story
Setting
Characters
Conflict, Plot
Theme

4. Story-Literary Elements

5. Plot Structure
Freytag's Pyramid is a way to analyze a plot that consists of five elements in an ascending and descending manner.

6. Exposition
The exposition present readers with the setting and introduces all of the main characters in the story.

7. Rising action
During rising action, the basic conflict is complicated by the introduction of related secondary conflicts, including various obstacles that frustrate the protagonist's attempt to reach his goal.

8. Climax
The turning point of the story which marks a change for the protagonist. Simply put, this is where the main part happens or the most dramatic part.

9. Falling action
During the falling action the conflict between the protagonist and the antagonist unravels, with the protagonist winning or losing against the antagonist. In summary: The falling action is that part of the story in which the main part (the climax) has finished and you're heading to the conclusion.

10. Denouement
The dénouement are the events between the falling action and the actual ending scene of a narrative. It serves as the conclusion of the story. Conflicts are resolved, creating normality for the characters and a sense of catharsis, or release of tension and anxiety, for the reader.

11. More on Denouement
More modern works may have no dénouement, because of a quick or surprise ending such as the arrival of adults in Lord of the Flies. On the other hand, an example of a modern work with a particularly elaborate dénouement is The Lord of the Rings.

12. Mini Assignment Think of a fable, or children's’ story and analyze it:
Identify literary elements:
Point of view
Setting
Characters
Theme
Label events in pyramid plot structure
Exposition
Rising action
Climax
Falling action
Denouement

13. Lastly, Types of Plots…. Chronological Flashback
In media res (in the middle of things, when the story starts in the middle of the action)
Flashback…Christmas Carol
In media res…Iliad, Twilight, Pulp Fiction, To Kill a Mckingbird